Blog: Swear I'm Not Paul

I hate to tell you I didn't tell you so: http://swearimnotpaul.blogspot .com/2008/07/news-mercury-musi c-prize-2008.html But I said that Elbow would get too much backlash from the cool kids if they won the Mercury. Well they did, and the band The Cool Kids haven't complained. Yet. Congrats to them, but I must say I'm surprised. The bookies must be delighted, as favourites Burial didn't get it this year. The Seldom Seen Kid is a decent album, but I don't think it's as good as some of the others on the lisy. That said [...]